Emflix – Part 19 – Subgenres – Drama

Some of the subgenres really are not limited to Drama and yet only appeared under Drama in the hierarchy.

Consider ‘Period Pieces’

While most period pieces tend to be dramas, sure — what about all those Jane Austen/Oscar Wilde adaptations? Hilarious period pieces (your mileage may vary on the hilarity) What about Topsy Turvy, Clue, or half of Mel Brook’s movies? Comedic period pieces! Perhaps I should’ve added ‘Comedy Period Piece’ to my hierarchy, but I didn’t.

Here are my subgenres for said category with asterisks for ones I’ll be discussing below, either because they’re not on Netflix’s list, or they were changed from Netflix’s for some reason

African-American Dramas

Asian-American Dramas*

Classic Dramas

Courtroom Dramas

Crime Dramas

Dramas Based on Real Life

Biographies*

Dramas Based on the Book

Dramas Based on Bestsellers

Dramas Based on Classic Literature

Dramas Based on Contemporary Literature

Epics*

Family Dramas

Foreign Dramas

Gambling Dramas

Indie Dramas*

LGBTQ Dramas*

Latino/a Dramas*

Medical Dramas

Military and War Dramas

Period Pieces

20th Century Period Pieces

Pre-20th Century Period Pieces

Political Dramas

Religious and Spiritual Dramas*

Romantic Dramas

Sci-Fi Dramas

Showbiz Dramas

Social Issue Dramas

Sports Dramas

Tearjerkers

Teen Dramas*

Asian-American Dramas

Netflix doesn’t have this category despite many films potentially being able to fulfill it, so I added it

Biographies

Netflix places ‘Biographies’ as it’s own subgenre under Drama, whereas I placed it as a sub-Subgenre of ‘Dramas Based on Real Life’. While I am aware of the existence of fictional biographies (consider the Chuck Barris biopic, ‘Confessions of a Dangerous Mind’) because the vast majority of such films would fulfill ‘Dramas based on Real Life’ I decided to have that category absorb ‘Biographies’